Running-board saddle.



c. G. MURPHY.

RUNNING BOARD SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1914.

1], 11 3.35494. Patented Mar. so, 1915.

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rrr-ities li ronninososso Speceston of 'Letters Pet-ent.

Fetented Eden di?,

To all who-m, it may conce/m Be it known that l, 'SLrNToN Q lilnsrrrr, a citizen ofthe United States, end 2t resident of the cityr of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented e new and useful linprovement in Running- Boerd Saddles, oi? which the ollovving is e specication,

i'Ihisinvention relates-to running board seddles for car roofs.. i

With the usuel construction of running boord. saddles, the ends of the running boards are quite liable to 'Work loose and become dangerous to the treinmen.

My invention has for its object to avoid4 this danger end to provide ev running boord saddle which will hold the running boards lrmlfy'` in place and keep them from Working loose.

The invention consists in ernnning board v Saddle hevinge mein member ond a seperete secondary member, seid mein member being secured tothe csr roof, end seid secondery meinber--heving'the running boards 'securely fastenedthereto and being secured to said main member.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part or" thisv specicetion, and in which like symbols4 refer to like ports throughout. FigureA l' 's a vertical transverse section of e portion of a ce1' near the-ridge, shownig e running 'board saddle embodying the invention applied thereto, seid running board saddle being shown in elevation; Fig, 2 is e 'ragmontery pien vievv of e csr roof showing the running boord saddle applied there to, certain parts being broken s'wevv; Fig., 3 is e vertical longitudinal section on the line 3--3 on Fig'. l; and Fig, l is :i vertical longitudinel section on the. line 4-4 on Fig l..

ln the accompanying drawing, the run ning board saddle is shown opplied` to e csr roof having e ridge pole 1, roof sheathing 2 and outside metal roof sheets 3. The roof sheets 3; extend transversely of the cer from. theeetves to the ridge. Each roof sheet is providedvvith :in inverted li-shaped ange t along each side margin thereof and along i the endnear the ridge. The side margins of the adjacent rooil sheets 8 ere spaced eport, and between them e betten 5 is secured tov the root sheathing 9. A side sears. cover 6 thereof.

fastened to the det plete 1L is supported on each' betten 5 endless downwardly projecting hook-shaped Ranges l which hoolr under the @langes l of' the odiecent roof' sheets 3, The ends of the correspondino" rootY sheets-3 near the 'ridgeV are spaced eport-'and the flanges l of seid roof sheets ere hooked downwardly eX- tending flanges 8 of e, ridge seam cover 9.

llille runningbosrd saddle comprises e mein member' l0 and s lple-te ll which is sem cured tothe top of said mein member. The mein member l0 is preferably e cestino: Seid :nain member, in general, comprises a bottoni portion l2, which conforms to the pitch of the rooi' end is adapted to rest upon the side seem covers o; tivo upright side portions 13, which support the plate 11"; and two hoods or oeps 141-, which overlap the ends of the ridge seein covers 9. The hoods le, together with the bottom portion l2 serve the purpose oi the well known corner cap. The initio member l0 is held in place upon the cer roof by e bolt l5 which passes through the center of the bottom portion l2 and through the ridge pole l.

Extending downwardly from the bottom portion 'l2 near the longitudinal edges thereof are denges 16, which engage opposite sides of the side seein covers 6. The bottom portion l2 has in its unde1 ieee e plurality of recesses l? which extend transversely in each of these recesses 17 is iitted e strip 18 oi' Wood, pressed liber or other non-abrasive materiel, which projects below the under face o' seid bottom portion l2 so es to be adapted to beer upon the side seam covers 6.

v l l1. e side portions i3 oi the main member l0 .have neer their ends a, Het seaty 19, in

which therev is e bolt hole 20. The rn/nning boards 2l are bolted orothervvise securely Seid plate ll has a transverse slot 22 near each end thereof. A. bolt 23 posses through eech slot 22 of the plete ll andthrotigh the corresponding bolt hole 2O in the 'Het seat 19' of the main member 10, and clamps seid plete se cnrely to said mein member l0 Each side portion i3 or" the moin member l() is preferably provided with one more ribs 24 upon which the plate li rests.

In usingthe running board saddle, the

main member 10 of each running board 'saddleisrst secured to the `car root in its proper place bythe bolt l5. Next, the running boards 21 'are firmly bolted to the, plates 11 on the ground or in some other convenient place; Vand then 'saidplatea together with ,said running boards, are placed on the main members l0 and securely fastenedthereto by the bolts 28. 4 The slots 9,2 in the plates ll allow each plate to be asu tened to the corresponding main member 10, although said plate and said main mem* ber may not exactly aline.

In the construction shown anddescribed, thewell-known corner cap is made a part ot the running board saddle for the sake of simplicity, strength and cheapness. The running boards, insteadof being fastened to therunnng board saddles while the iatter are on the car roof, are fastened to the plates 11, or secondary members, on the ground. Consequently, the fasteningA bel tween the running boards andthe plates l1 can be madevery secure, since special fastening machinerymay be used, if desired.

The side seam covers 6 are held loosely in place at the ridge and at the eaves ofthe car, and as the car racks and weaves in service, said seam covers move slightly'relative to the roof substructure and at the running board saddles. During such movement of the side seam covers 6, the protecting coating of said seam covers is quite liable to be rubbed ed' by the running board saddles. In the construction shown and described, the non-abrasive rubbing strips 18 are interposed between the running board saddles and the side seam covers; and, consequently, the rubbing is between said strips and the side seam covers, and the latter are .notliable to be injured.

The particular construction of the -oar` roof shown and described forms no part of this invention, and may be other than that shown. Also, the main member 10 of the running board saddle may be made of sheet metal instead of being a casting. @ther minor changes may be made in the particular construction of the running board saddle shown and describedwwithout departing from my invention;y and I do not wish, therefore, to be restricted to the details of that construction.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. In a car, a roof structure, a runway and saddle members for said runway, sai saddle members being bolted to the roof strucu ture at the ridge and said runway being detachably secured to said saddle members, the runway comprising transverse metal members having running boards secured thereto by vertical bolts with the nuts on the under side and said metal plates and nissarsaid saddle members havindg registering holes located laterally beyon he runnin f boards, `and bolts extending through sai holes, whereby the runway may be com?" pleted-on the ground. and applied as a unit to the car.

main member adapted to be secured vto a car rocha separate plate to which the running boards are secured, said plate having a transverse slot near each end thereof, and a bolt 'fe 2. A. running board saddle comprising a passing through each slot and clamping said plate lto said main member. 3. A metal running board saddle compris ing a main member adapted to be secured toa car roof, rubbing strips of-nomabrasive 80.

material projecting from the under face of... said main member, said rubbing stripsbeing adapted to bear upon the transverse seamsV of said car roof, a, secondary member which -I is separate from said main member and-to which the running boards are secured, andmeans for fastening said members together.'

Il. Ame/tal running board saddle comprising a main member: having a bottom portion adapted to stradale slde seam covers of a earV root, and rubbing strips of non-abrasive material projecting from the under face of said bottom portion and adapted to bear upon said side seam covers.

5. A running board saddle comprising a main member constituting the body portion of said saddle and having a bottom portion, lsaid bottom portion having danges projectbeing accessible after the running boardsare secured 'to said plate. A

6., A. metal running board saddle com prising a main member constituting the body portion ot' said saddle and adapted to be secured to a car roof, said main member" having integral therewith a hood proiect-v ing from each side thereof and adapted lte overlap 'the ends of ltherid'ge seams of said car roof, a secondary member which is separate from said main member and to which the running boards are secured, and means for fastening said members together said means being accessible after the running boards are secured vto said secondary mem- DGI'.

i". A running board saddle comprising ay main member constituting the body portionY et said saddle and adapted to be secured te rie e; car maf, a separat@ sconary member with said" secondary mfambr throughout a, which 213e rnmng boars are lsnu'd, and limited range of adjustmen means r astenia sal secon ar mem-l f ber to' said main mnbe, said mags bing CLNTQN @"MURPH Y accesb aftei the running boards me se- Wtnesses;

cannedv to said secondary member, said fastem; PETER F, MCSHANE,

ing means being capable `@f cepemting JOSEPHINE A. HABTNETT. 

